How do I change the name of a staff or instrument in the middle of a score?
I have an SATB score. Each staff is labeled with the name of the part (Soprano, Alto etc.) In the middle of the piece, I need to add some additional parts, making it SSAATTBB. I would like to change the names of the original SATB staves at that point so they become Soprano1, Alto1 etc., but I can't see a way to change the name of a staff in the middle of the score. When I use Staff/Part Properties to change the name of the staff, it changes it for the entire score. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Tara
Comments
It's not very simple but you can : don't use label at all, and use staff text, that you move to the good place.....for each page of the score
In reply to It's not very simple but you… by Raymond Wicquart
thanks for this suggestion!
Starting with the next update what you tried (using staff properties) will work as expected, if you first add an "instrument change" element from the text palette. There may be other new controls as well.
Meanwhile, you have two alternatives. One is to not actually change the existing staff names, but to instead add all new staves, then use Format / Style / Score / Hide empty staves so only the staves being used at any given point are visible. The other is to add the instrument change as mentioned above, then use "Save As" to save your as MSCX instead or MSCZ, then open the resulting file in a text editor, find the instrument change, and alter the long and short names there.
In reply to Starting with the next… by Marc Sabatella
thanks for these suggestions. they both sound a little complicated. so I think i'll leave it as it is for now, but i look forward to the update!
In reply to thanks for these suggestions… by trexmack
The first one is actually pretty simple, and it's a technique worth knowing to handle other cases like a soloist that comes in partway through a score, or the need to add accompanying instruments that play for only portions of a score, etc.
In reply to The first one is actually… by Marc Sabatella
good point! thanks again for the tips.
In reply to The first one is actually… by Marc Sabatella
I am new in MuseScore. Would you mind to explain this in more detail please? I would like to know how to change instrument partway in the score or only portions of the score then turn back to the original instrument of the score. Thnaks
In reply to I am new in MuseScore. Would… by MarXYZ
Use 2 instrument changes text from the text palette
In reply to I am new in MuseScore. Would… by MarXYZ
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/mid-staff-instrument-changes
In reply to Starting with the next… by Marc Sabatella
+1 for "Hide empty staves"
Could you use the "Change Instrument" option [on the Text palette], but select the same instrument (Alto, e.g.), then use Staff/Part Properties (on some part of the staff after the change)(==> "Alto I") to edit how it is labeled? You'd also have to render the actual "Change to Alto" text invisible . . .
All in all, for choral scores with divisi sections, I've always used Marc's first suggestion--much simpler.
In reply to Could you use the "Change… by wfazekas1
Following the latter suggestion (Marc's first), you'll have 12 parts when viewed in Continuous View (S, S 1, S2, A 1, etc.), but only those that are used on any page when in Page View.